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Middle Eastern drumming/percussion classes
Dan DiFlavis - Available for private and group lessons in beginner's Arabic doumbek technique and rhythm. Learn to compose drum solos that dancers will love. I teach dancers, too! Also available for and seeking projects/gigs/collaborations. email: doumbekdan@gmail.com
The Drum and Dance Center - Bordentown, NJ. Learn basic technique, how to create the different tones and a variety of exciting rhythms. See how the different voices of Middle Eastern percussion work together to create an ensemble sound. Great class for dancers too! Phone (609)324-7383 e-mail info@drumdancecenter.com.
Gregory - Drum lessons offered in Philadelphia and surrounding areas by Doumbekchi. Fifteen years of experience in doumbek, djembe, and bongos and performing regularly with such groups as Oasis Bellydance Troupe in Louisiana and the Fort Wayne African Dance Team in Indiana. I make housecalls, groups welcome. Email Gregory at doumbekchi@yahoo.com for prices and info. Also looking to join a bellydance troupe in PA/DE/NJ area.
Joe Isaacs - Drum instructor in Downingtown,PA. E-mail is drum.lessons.questions@comcast.net
Bill Koutsouros of Animus - At Studio 1831 in Philadelphia, PA. Learn the basics of Middle Eastern drumming with Bill Koutsouros. Any goblet-shaped drum will do or bring your zils. Bill also provides private lessons on Bouzouki or Oud. Contact Bill at billk@animusmusic.com or check out www.animusmusic.com
Emyrs Ap Morgan - Emyrs offers classes in middle eastern percussion and teaches a middle eastern rhythms for dancers seminar for troups. Based in Newark, DE. (302) 531-5919, emyrs_ap_morgan@yahoo.com
Nezih Antakli - Nezih gives doumbek private lessons at his home and also looking for a space for giving doumbek workshops. He has studied among others with Hossam Ramzy, Glen Velez, and Turkish percussionists Alpay Dinletir and Ismail Peshluk. Among the Middle Eastern drums he plays and teaches doumbek, framedrum, riqq, and davul. Nezih teaches at his home in South Philly. Contact Nezih at 215-900-8599 or nezihantakli@hotmail.com.